Solar-plus-Storage Goes Community-Scale in Massachusetts

A small Massachusetts town already well-known for its solar-plus-storage microgridztfcvdwtstzrctrdrddcyzyqty, now will get a boost from the installation of a community solar-plus-storage project.

Miami-based Origis Energy USA said it has secured a power purchase agreement with the Sterling Municipal Light Department (SMLD) of Sterling, Mass, for the project.

According to Origis Energy, the project, which represents the first community solar-plus-storage project in Massachusetts, includes a 1-MWac rooftop solar installation with a 1-MW/2-MWh energy storage system.

“We are approaching the Light Department’s self-imposed cap on commercial solar capacity,” Matt Stelmach, chairman of the SMLD Board of Commissioners, said in a statement, “but introduction of a grid-scale battery system greatly reduces any concerns along those lines.”

SMLD previously installed an energy storage system with 2 MW of lithium-ion batteries with four hours of continuous discharge. The storage system and a 3-MW solar array can be islanded in the event of emergency.

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Construction on the new community solar plus storage facility will begin this month, and Orgis said it expects to complete construction by the end of March.